How to Attach Scrapbooking Layouts
Scrapbooking is a good way to record your family history and save your photo keepsakes in a protective album. There are items that need to be attached when you are making a scrapbook layout or page, including photos, mats, journaling boxes, embellishments and titles. It is important to have archival-safe products to use when putting a layout together. There are several types of attachments that will work on a scrapbook layout.
Instructions
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Attach Layout Components
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Set a photo face down on a clean surface. Press a tape runner cartridge to the corners of the photo back. The tape runner will roll out adhesive onto the surface it touches. Turn the photo over and adhere it to a mat or directly to the scrapbook layout.
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Place a title, journaling box paper or matted embellishment onto the scrapbook layout. Attach stickers to the four corners of the piece, adhering it to the layout page.
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Use a sewing machine to sew and attach a layout piece to the background paper. Use a running stitch to attach the component to the layout.
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Punch tiny holes in a layout component with a handheld paper punch. Punch matching holes into the layout paper. Insert scrapbooking brad fasteners through both sets of holes to attach the component to the layout.
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Adhere photo corners to a mat or directly to the scrapbook page. Insert a photo, mat or journaling box into the photo corners to attach them to the layout.
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Tips & Warnings
A journaling box is a card stock or scrapbook paper shape that gives you a place to write or journal about the event you are scrapbooking.
Glue stick is not recommended for attaching layout features to the paper. The items tend to become detached after a few months or years of scrapbook storage. Do not use any rubber-based adhesives or tape in a scrapbook.